41.   The sale had been postponed in September amid court cases challenging its constitutionality and violent demonstrations by union members facing redundancy.

42.   Nonetheless his advice may be the most appropriate for expert witnesses to give in court cases where the levels of arousal are clearly at the most extreme.

43.   The system is being developed so that it will be possible for individual chambers to identify particular court cases.

44.   This is where the debate stood until a recent court case in the States formally addressed the issue.

45.   The report was drawn up as part of the evidence in the recently completed court case against Exxon.

46.   In a subsequent series of court cases, however, federal judges ruled that this definition was inadequate.

47.   UK court cases have recently raised the question of whether the principle of retrospective liability for past pollution that met the standards of the day will be widely applied.

48.   No instance has yet reached a reported court case.

49.   Press reporting of court cases enhances public knowledge and appreciation of the workings of the law, and it assists the deterrent effect of heavy sentences in criminal cases.

50.   However in a proper case the court is prepared to balance the public interest in full disclosure on discovery against the public interest in honouring an obligation of confidence.